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A selection of Photocrom prints (from the US Library of Congress) of Ireland at the turn of the 20th century. Black and white images positively saturated in colour and sunshine.
But can you spot every location?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIdJl_MqO_0
“It’s a nice country if you live in it. A bad country if you were born in it.”
Pedar Mhici Bhig from Achill Island, County Mayo, on his response to writer Heinrich Böll during his stay on the island.
Enda at The Tayto Longford Arms Comórtas last night at the D4 Berkley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
It’s not a caption competition until you say so.
Meanwhile:
Páidí Ó Sé (above) has slammed the Kerry footballers for portraying themselves as on-field “whingers”.
The former Kerry star and manager is disappointed with the amount of Kerry players remonstrating with referees about decisions.
Ó Sé said it’s not becoming of footballers who wear the county jersey and is a new phenomenon.
“It’s a thing I have studied very closely,” said the eight-time All-Ireland winner, speaking at the launch of his Tayto Longford Arms Comórtas Péile Páidí Ó Sé. “It’s the one characteristic I’ve noticed that has crept into Kerry football.
“It was never part of Kerry football, not when I was growing up or when I played or when I was manager.
Ó Sé Blasts Kerry ‘Whingers’ (Irish Examiner)
Asked if she had enjoyed the awards, Ms Fricker said: “No, I hated it. It was mind blowingly, numbingly boring. It was a mess. Badly organised. I was cringing in my seat.”
Ms Fricker told the Irish Independent that the presenting duo of ‘Raw’ actor Keith McErlean and ‘Republic Of Telly’ star Jennifer Maguire — who gave out a number of industry awards — were “disgraceful”.
Ryanair has been criticised by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a “sexist” advertising campaign, which it said “objectified” women.
Ryanair said the promotion featured shots taken from its 2012 cabin crew charity calendar and claimed the pictures were not sexist because members of staff had volunteered to produce the images.
However, the ASA has ruled the adverts cannot appear again.“We also considered that most readers would interpret these images, in conjunction with the text ‘Red hot fares & crew!!!’ and the names of the women, as linking female cabin crew with sexually suggestive behaviour,” it said.
Costcutter, Ravenswell, Bray, Co. Wicklow, last night.
The controversial new BWVAKTBOOM ad from PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals).
The whole ‘tantric pornstar roughing up the girlfriend’ tack probably sounded ‘challenging and zeitgeisty’ at the agency pitch.
The same agency is probably even now trumpeting the fact that the ad has gone viral, citing the benefits of mass exposure and brand awareness.
Logan A. Warren of Geek on Call reports the most expensive Starbucks coffee in the world. It took half an hour to make and cost $23.60 (€18).
16 shots of espresso, a shot of soy milk, caramel flavoring, banana puree, strawberry puree, vanilla beans, Matcha powder, protein powder, and a drizzle of caramel and mocha.The resulting beverage contains 1400mg of caffeine. According to Erowid, a widely respected drug catalog, a heavy caffeine dose is 400+mg. This drink has 3 times that. If I drank this all at once, it would put me in the hospital. Two of these would kill me.
(The previous reported title holder, a Venti White Chocolate Mocha ordered by blogger Michael Dolan of CreditCardForum.com cost $20.65)
